Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.; From the readings performed in the Purim morning service. The recto (11 lines), includes the end of the scroll of Esther (IX 32-X 3). There is a graphic text break (11 spaces) at the beginning of chapter X. There are three Massoretic notes: the ḳeri in X 1, the unicum at the end of X 2, and at the end of the text, the sum of the verses (167, as in most versions); verso contains the beginning of the Torah reading for Purim Morning, Exodus XVII 8-11, under the Judeo-Arabic heading: תשייע אלמגלה.; Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 208
Collection:
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)
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